????創始人：比爾?蓋茨，保羅?艾倫

????可以說，如果沒有比爾?蓋茨和保羅?艾倫，也就不會有個人電腦的今天。1975年，這對兒時的好友為Altair 8800微機寫了一組編程語言，隨后攜手創辦了微軟公司（Microsoft ）。盡管艾倫在8年后以蓋茨試圖稀釋他的股權為由離開了微軟，但他們一起創造了一些意義重大的個人電腦軟件，比如直至今天依然占據主宰地位的桌面操作系統Windows。不過，艾倫依然在通過他的投資公司火神資本(Vulcan Capital)繼續投身科技領域。蓋茨建立了比爾和梅琳達?蓋茨基金會(Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation)，這些年來一直與沃倫?巴菲特一道倡導慈善事業。但他在今年早些時候表示，應新任CEO薩蒂亞?納德拉的請求，他將加強他在微軟扮演的角色。

????Founders:Bill Gates, Paul Allen

????Personal computing arguably wouldn't be the force it is today without Bill Gates and Paul Allen, childhood friends who founded Microsoft (MSFT, Fortune 500) in 1975 after writing a programming language for the Altair 8800 microcomputer. Although Allen would depart eight years later, alleging Gates tried to dilute his equity, their work together has yielded important PC software like Windows, the dominant desktop operating system, even to this day. Allen keeps his hand in technology though his investing arm, Vulcan Capital. Gates, who established the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and works with Warren Buffett to encourage philanthropy, earlier this year said he would step up his role at Microsoft at the request of new CEO Satya Nadella.